Patient Care Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meet Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Meet all applicable state licensure, education, and training requirements.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization’s culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successfully complete the organization’s dialysis training program; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Successfully complete CPR certification; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Be able to travel between assigned facilities and various locations within the community; travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings may be required.
• Take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment. Failure does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Meet physical demands that include frequent and prolonged standing, bending, assisting with patient ambulation, and regularly lifting or moving patients. The role may involve pushing or pulling equipment with up to 15 pounds of force, frequently lifting or lowering solutions up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds as high as five feet. Assistance and material-assist devices are available for heavier items.

Nice To Haves

• Previous patient care experience in a hospital setting or related facility.

Responsibilities

• Assist health care team members in providing patient-specific education about dialysis adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access, as appropriate.
• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access for patency, perform cannulation, and administer heparin as delegated or allowed by state law.
• Obtain and document pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weights, perform pre-treatment vascular access evaluations, and conduct post-treatment evaluations.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood flow and dialysate flow, and calculate and enter prescribed machine programming for ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling.
• Evaluate and respond to intradialytic problems as prescribed or directed, monitor patient response to therapy, and report significant information or changes in condition to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Perform treatment discontinuation procedures, obtain vital signs before reinfusion, evaluate patients before termination and discharge, obtain hemostasis, and apply appropriate dressings.
• Ensure appropriate machine safety alarms are enabled, observe patients, and conduct machine safety checks according to facility policy.
• Monitor vascular access pressures during treatment, intervene as needed, and document and report unusual findings.
• Document treatment parameters, vital signs, interventions, and patient responses accurately and promptly, including completing treatment sheets and applicable progress notes.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; collect, label, prepare, store, and arrange courier collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean blood spills immediately with appropriate disinfectant and prepare, organize, and use supplies and equipment efficiently to prevent waste.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under registered nurse supervision.
• Assist in training applicable direct patient care staff on appropriate programs under nurse supervision.
• Maintain safe, clean, and presentable work areas; clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis treatments, perform and document required machine alarm testing including Pressure Holding Test, and initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities, enter treatment data into the designated clinical application, review treatment sheets for completeness, and help ensure omissions are corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, and prepare and print laboratory requisitions for prescribed or stat specimens.
• Assist with infection-control audits, reinforce infection-control practices, follow infection-control policies and procedures, and support patient and family infection-control education under the direction of the Center Manager or designee as allowed by state law.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce education and care information for new patients as allowed by state law, coordinate with appropriate staff to support the patient experience, and help ensure disciplines see patients according to plan.
• Help patients understand home dialysis products and benefits, demonstrate peritoneal dialysis setup, explain treatment options, and assist with transition to the patient’s chosen modality.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit and assist with supply ordering and inventory.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave